The first letter often go missing

I have been using MB Black C2d for two months.
when I type, the first letters often go missing.
I thought I just need more time to get familiar with keyboard.
Not always, but the first letters still, sometimes go missing.
I have to hit backspace few times to re-type the missing first letter or re-type whole sentence again.
It's really frustrating.
Note: Exact same problems posted under discussions > MacBook pro > using your MacBook Pro
I am not the only one!

Hej to all of you!
I got my MacBook in the beginning of July 2007. A long time I didn't realized that there is a real problem with my keyboard. I often have the problem when I want to type big letters. I thought, maybe I write too fast and don't press the shift button correctly. Very often I have to delete and type again.
But to write big letters is not the only problem, the keyboard often doesn't count the first letter when I write something into safari, pages or other programs. I put my whole attention on the thing to find out a special case.
Here it is: It matters approximately 90 percent for sure when I fill in e.g a dictionary web page get a vocable and go on reading 2-3 minutes and want to type in the next word. Then the first letter is nearly always missing.
Hope someone how is responsible for reads my entry.

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